Michail Antonio scored his third goal in as many games to start the fight. His header was then followed up by a nod in from substitute Diafra Sakho for 2-2 before this season's star player Dimitri Payet earned the Hammers a win.

Lukaku had given them the lead after escaping the attention of talented West Ham teen Reece Oxford.

The 17-year-old started the game at centre-back with the likes of James Tomkins, Winston Reid and James Collins all out injured.

It was a steep learning curve for the teenager, who tweeted about it after the game:

Mathew Nash

I’m Mathew Nash a 27 year old graduate in Sports Studies and I have an insatiable love for sport. With a particularly keen interest for the madcap world of football I have always been known amongst friends as a beacon for bizarre sporting trivia and knowledge. My other passion is for writing and hopefully combining the two will create a superb and entertaining marriage that will create, divide and share opinion.Mathew is a correspondent for the NextGen Series, Ligue 1 and Primeira Liga.